The Ansonia clocks with porcelain bodywere often painted with flowersor idyllic scenes.

When my great-aunt Velma Davis Woodring was a bride, she
might have gone into her dining room to check her lovely porcelain Ansonia
clock to know when to start dinner.

If I want to know whether to start dinner, all I need is a remote control.

This Seth Thomas tambour-style clock has simple lines.

When my great-aunt Helen Killeen Parker was cooking, her
Seth Thomas mantel clock might have reminded her to take a look at that
roast.

I just look here:

In the evening when the busy-ness of the day came to
an end, my great-grandmother Mary Sudie Eppard Rucker probably relaxed in her
favorite chair and drifted off to sleep to the gentle ticking of her Seth
Thomas Adamantine mantel clock. She might even have been awoken by the rich
cathedral-like chiming on the hour.

Sudie Rucker's clock went to my motherand then to my sister.

This clock on YouTube sounds like what my great-grandmother used to hear.

Today we’re awoken by an annoying beep and glowing red numbers.

Unlike the handsome mantel clocks my sister and I
inherited, it’s doubtful any of our modern clocks will stand the test of time.

I love clocks and ticking but unfortunately hubby can't stand a ticking clock. I'm an analogue girl rather than a digital girl and I get very confused with a 24 hour clock and have to use my fingers. It's difficult to teach the children the time these days as we were taught quarter past ten and they are taught 10.15 or quarter to six and now it's 5.45. Oh how times have changed (not always for the better).

... "it’s doubtful any of our modern clocks will stand the test of time." Sometimes I have that very same question about everything we store digitally. I mean, when Microsoft has managed to sell us Windows21, can we still decipher this? But as the Rolling Stones already said (more or less): Time is on our side, yes it is!

Yes, I worry about all the work I've done on the computer. I keep delaying printing stuff off because I know I'll find something new, a new person or new date, and I'll need to print it all over again.

Great post about clocks "then and now." That youtube video was interesting. What a beatiful-sounding clock! Oh, and thanks for not posting a youtube video of that last alarm clock. I already know what that kind sounds like...ya, annoying!

Good to see a variety of mantel clocks again. We just have two small carriage clocks otherwise it's cooker, microwave, computer or TV although I still have two travel clocks with alarms to wake me up in time for golf.

Liked you clocks then and now - but the old are so much better! My step-dad has some clocks that belonged to his grandparents. One is very similar to the porcelain clock in your post and another a bit like the Sudie's mantle clock, but not as fancy. He loves old clocks to this day. (kathy at abbieandeveline.com)

What an interesting look at clocks. I have lots of them in the house and none of them are reliable except for the microwave. You're right that the new ones will never stand the test of time. they will all be in the landfill.

It looks like you and your sister have a nice collection of family clocks. It's interesting how seldom there are old photographs of clocks and the only reason we see them is because they are in the background of a photo with some other focus. At least that's how it looks in your family photo and how it is in my family photos.

Excuse me, could you please tell me what time it is? Does anybody really know what time it is? Great photos, the ship clocks are a favorite of mine too! Even just the wooden steering wheel from a ship!

Lovely collection of clocks you and your sister have inherited. I've always loved the ticking sound of an old clock. Can't stand the digital clocks of today, the red light is too bright at night and they have no character like the clocks of the past. Enjoyed your post!

What a great variety of clocks, Wendy, I think my favourite is the Techtron. My grandparents had to stop the grandfather clock when I stayed with them as a child - it kept me awake. My current alarm clock wakes me without beeps - it has a light which comes on slowly - no more frights in the morning :-) Jo

Thanks! I've been photographing all my "STUFF" to make a little heirloom notebook for my daughters so that they'll know whether something is valuable or just sentimental. Sometimes I look at things I've inherited and wonder about who it belonged to and why they kept it. Hopefully the notebook will one day help them decide whether to keep something or pitch it. HA!

For me, the microwave oven shows me the time in the kitchen, my cellphone most time, and my PC the rest of the time... What a nice collection!! while I like the look of the Seth Thomas mantel clock, I was surprised by how pleasant the Seth Thomas Adamantine mantel clock was. I expected something really annoying...Good show!!:)~ HUGZ

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My name is Wendy. About twenty years ago, I helped my mother research the Jolletts. Since retiring from teaching, I have expanded my research which I share here. When I’m not looking for my own family, I index for FamilySearch and the Greene County Historical Society.
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